Hi. Welcome to my website. Here you'll find guitar transcriptions for the songs
of
KRISTIN HERSH
and her bands
THROWING MUSES
and
50FOOTWAVE.

While certainly some of this music's appeal is based on Kristin's voice and her
performance, I think it's the songs that make this music so special and beautiful.
They're a good place to hide, they're good to hang out with - and they're fun to
play on your guitar.

I'm always disappointed when I try to learn songs by other artists. They seem to
fall apart once the production or the artist's singing is taken away. And they
sound lame and boring on solo guitar.

Not Kristin's songs! They don't need exciting production, they sound good on their
own. They sound so good that it even feels confortable to sing along.

You'll notice certain musical patterns that Kristin uses frequently. And you'll notice
how those pattern are broken just when the listener gets used to them. There
are many mood changes during the songs. Sometimes there even seems to be a fight going
on between chords and melody - sounding close to the fight between life as it is and
life as you want it to be.

But the best and most wondrous thing about her songs is:
You can try to analyze them lyrically. You can try to analyze what attracts you
musically. You can try to take the songs apart. Never do they lose any of their
magic.